DES MOINES, Iowa —

Following the shooting of Charlie Kirk, videos showing the assassination have been circulating across social media platforms. The videos have been seen by people who weren't even looking for them, including children.

According to Iowa State University professor of electrical and computer engineering, Doug Jacobson, it's a monumental task for social media companies to take those videos down.

"Once it gets flagged as mature content, then your parental controls would come into play," said Jacobson.

However, until then, Jacobson says the videos showing the shooting of Kirk will show up unless companies take action. Jacobson says typically, unless it's something that an automated system can detect, social media platforms have a dilemma.

"It's very difficult to look at ev

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